 Know that God loves you and is for you! He is the Father who comforts you and encourages you. He wants to heal your broken heart. He isn’t counting your sins. He doesn’t even remember them since His Son, Jesus came and died in your place. Now you and the Father are reconciled and you can never be separated from His love again. He’s waiting for you to come home to Him.
For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive our trespasses, sending them away, letting them go completely and forever; and You are abundant in mercy and loving-kindness to all those who call upon You. Psalm 86:5
The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well. Past Questions of the Month: |
Hope and AssuranceThis website was created for those acquainted with mental illness and in need of hope and assurance. Question of the MonthI've tried and I can't do it. I cannot forgive myself for the things I've done. To forgive yourself or someone else is a determined decision on our part. If we are financially in debt and want to be debt free, we must have a plan of action and be committed to making it successful by the new choices we make. It is no different when we choose to forgive ourselves the debt we believe we owe for past wrongs. Forgiveness is not based on our feelings nor can we determine the achievement of forgiveness by the talk or tape that we hear playing in our mind. The reality of forgiveness is based solely on what Jesus Christ did. He willingly sacrificed Himself on a cross because there is NOTHING you or I can EVER do to pay back the debt we owe to God. Only the perfect plan and life of God's Son is an acceptable payment in full. This is a gift to us and we have to want the gift. We have to desire to give this undeserved mercy to ourselves. We decide to not only treat ourselves as a best friend but we commit ourselves to being our own best friend. This is something we cannot accomplish in our own strength or by our will. We need God's help and strength in changing these thoughts and habits that we have held on to for so long. Start by having a long talk with God, your heavenly Father. Pour out your hurts and all the wrong doings that you thought you had to pay for by suffering. Give them to Him. Let Him create something brand new in you. On the cross He said. “It is finished.” No longer continue paying the fine for something that's already been paid. Jesus came to save the world not to condemn it. John 3:17 To erase any audiotape, especially the tapes of critical self-talk in our mind, we must tape over it. We tape over all the hopeless judgmental talk that defeats and keeps us down. When our talk tells us how different things would be if we hadn't done what we did, speak boldly and with assurance the truth of God: For I know that all things work together for good for those who love and are called by Christ Jesus. Say it again and again - as many times as you hear the lies. When our tape speaks of what a bad person we are, declare these words of life in a loud and confident voice: Do not remember the things of old because I am doing a new thing!…I will make a way…Isaiah 43:18,19 Become familiar with God's word. Use it as a skillful warrior would his sword. It is our best weapon against our worst enemy – ourselves. God's word is our helmet of truth. It protects and restores our mind from the ravages of internal warfare. This is a daily battle that we fight. But, God's child knows who wins this war. In Christ, we are victorious conquerors. ContactI welcome your comments and suggestions about this website. If you have a question that you would like addressed, please let me hear from you. |